I thought the whole point of the drones wouldn't be to carry pirated data, but simply act as a means of unregulated information communication. It would be too

I thought the whole point of the drones wouldn't be to carry pirated data, but simply act as a means of unregulated information communication. It would be too complicated and convoluted to ensure data went where you wanted it if you're only uploading gigs to a certain drone in a swarm. It would also ensure you're traceable for any piracy you do commit (IP #.#.#.# at _____ this location is sending Lada Gaga Album leak to IP #.#.#.# at ____ location). In my mind, the swarm should be using a mesh network. Without ISP's assigning your IP based on ones they own, you can literally join the local network with any random IP address and the mesh net handles getting your data between the drones and to your destination. What's better, is if these drones are connecting to open wifi nodes the mesh net doesn't have to be contiguous. A mesh net can be formed by a few open wifi nodes bridging the gap between major cities.